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Volunteer experience provides individuals with valuable experience both personally and professionally.  Many graduate level programs and work opportunities seek indivduals with a background of volunteer experience.  These experiences often allow individuals to develop many transferable work skills that can be very useful in an educational program and/or work setting.  Not only does volunteer work help many people to develop professionally, but these experiences also may serve as a means for individuals to grow and develop personally through discovering more about themselves, in terms of interests, values, skills, and personal needs.

The following is a list of organizations that often recruits volunteers.  Please refer to each website for further information about the organization and the opportunities they offer.

  • Heart and Stroke Foundation
  • Stars for Life Foundation 
  • PEI Cancer Society
  • East Prince Youth Development
  • Cooper Institute
  • Scouts Canada
  • PEI People First
  • Red Cross PEI
  • 2010 Directory of Self-Help Groups and Community Resources in Prince Edward Island
  • CNIB
  • Junior Achievement of PEI: Volunteer opportunities include in-school program delievery and assistance with special events
  • John Howard Society- WrapAround
  • Alzheimer Society of PEI: Visit "How you can help" section on our website for further information. Volunteer opportunities include: door to door campaign, day respite, special events, speakers bureau, proposal writing, advocacy committee, and public relations
  • Autism Society of PEI Volunteer opportunities include: fundraising, events, office assistance and family events
  • Canadian Parents for French PEI: Canadian parents for French PEI has opportunities to volunteer (both in French and English), has lots of information on post secondary opportunities in French, parent support and more. Visit the web site for more information. Volunteer opportunities include: office work, after school activities, and board of directors
  • AIDS PEI: AIDS PEI is an HIV/AIDS service organization which provices support to people living with HIV/AIDS and engages in prevention through harm reduction and public awareness. Volunteer opportunities include: research, office administration, fundraising and education/public awareness
  • Cat Action Team: The Cat Action Team is a non-profit, all volunteer, registered charitable organiztion working to promote and sustain a humane non-lethal method of controling and stabalizing the feral, stray, and barn cat populations of PEI.
  • PEI Humane Society: Looking to make a difference in an animal's life, becme a volunteer at the PEI Humane Society. Volunteer opportunties include: dog/cat/rabbit/rodent care assistant, special event volunteer and errant assistant 
  • World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Volunteer opportunities include: UPEI international development volunteer, refugee student sponsor and overseas opportunities
  • Music PEI: Music PEI activity seeks ways to promote, foster, and develop artists and the music industry on PEI. Volunteer opportunities include: assisting with major events such as PEI Music Week, Old Home Week Showcases, Showcase PEI, Always on Stage, Songwriter's services and ongoing professional development
  • SpayAid PEI: is a volunteern non-profit charity dedicated to eliminating pet over-population in PEI. We provide low-income residents with affordable spay/neuter services for companion animals. By providing this service and promoting responsible pet ownership, we aim to: reduce the number of feral and homeless stray or abandoned companion animals in PEI; reduce numbers of companion animals brought to the PEI Humane Society; increase the chances for shelter companion animals to be placed in homes. Volunteering opportunties include: fundraising, special events, public relations and education.
  • Canadian Cancer Society : The Relay For Life is an event that UPEI continues to encourage students to get involved with. Volunteering opportunities include: Specifically looking for students wanting to be involved with UPEI's Relay For Life but many other opportunities do exist. 
  • Family Service PEI:  There are a wide range of opportunities available, depending on student interest and motivation. Volunteer opportunities include: project development, developing promotional material, writing/reviewing policy procedures, general reception/administration duties such as filing and organizing. 
  • PEI Environmental Health Co-op:  Volunteer opportunities include: research environmental health related topics, participate in shore term focus projects, conduct surveys, helping to organize the 2011 Dandelion Festival, present the Co-op at public events, bring new ideas and perspecitives, help with fundraising and many more.
  • Habitat for Humanity PEI: Habitat for Humanity PEI is always looking for volunteers to help with builds or resources. Volunteering opportuntities include: construction, reatil, office work, committee/board member, fund development and much more.  
  • Girl Guides of Canada: Volunteering opportunties include: working with girls ages 5-6 (Sparks), 7-9 (Brownies), 9-12 (Guides), 12-14 Pathfinders)
  • Special Olympics PEI: Volunteering opportunities include: volunteering in a sport setting with athletes with an intellectual disability of all ages. Please contact either Charity Sheehan or Katie Beck at 368-8919 or by email csheehan@sopei.com or sport@sopei.com for further information on volunteering opportunities
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters PEI: Do something amazing this year- change a child's life. Be a big brother, sister or in-school mentor. Volunteering opportunties include:  Big brother, Big sister, in-school mentor, Bowl for Kids Sake team captain, event volunteer or office volunteer.
  • CHANCES Family Centre: CHANCES Family Centre offers a comprehensive range of programs and services for childre from prenatal to age six and their families. Volunteering opportunities include: assisting in preparation for re and postnatal programs, child development and parenting programs, particularly "drop in play" programs.
  • PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada Volunteer opportunties include: friendship program, EAL tutor program and business mentorship program
  • Students for Literacy (SFL) Volunteer opportunities include: English-speaking tutors to assist international students. The primary goal of SFL is to provice an international/EAL student with an English conversation partner. 
  • UPEI Peer Mentor Program
  • Latin American Mission Program- LAMP